By "They hate Nintendo's inability to embrace change", I assume you mean they hate that Nintendo does their own thing instead of doing what is expected of them?

Well good, then. Hope they keep doing that.

All I know is that personally, with Nintendo's incredible 1st part games, they could easily dominate the market if they got all the big 3rd party support. They don't though and they seem to not care.

 I guess its a dream on most peoples part.

Third parties have made it clear time and time again that competition with Nintendo's IPs is one of the reasons they don't want to support them.

As such, I made peace with the fact that Nintendo consoles will never have the kind of support MS and Sony have, long ago.

It is the meme of the day, people have been banging that drum for a few years, this too shall pass.

The video game industry is infected with people who don't really care about gaming, that is the sad truth. Anyone who is truly a videogame fan would never wish for Nintendo to leave the hardware business. There is a difference between prefering something different, and actively wanting the last true video game company to go under.

My personal theory is that a lot of this kind of thinking is driven by adolesent angst, meaning that the video game industry still attracts an unproportionally large audience of immature man-children. You often hear talk about the need for "mature" games and games that apeal to "adults". Yet the people going on about Nintendo leaving the hardware business are driven by the most childish of motivations: Insecurity and jelousy. Not the marks of a mature mind.

Insecurity as manifested in the constant need to reaffirm that your choice of video game console is "superior". You can see this in people constantly trying to highlight the excellence of 'their' console, or even lower: in constantly putting down a competitor to make them seem inferior. Jelousy in the form of not being able to accept that something you don't personally enjoy is successful, such as making fun of Nintendo for selling 20 million copies or whatever of Nintendogs, or not accepting that Nintendo's take on racing in Mario Kart is more popular than for example Forza. You'll see people with a straight face discount some games because they are 'too kiddie', 'not next gen', 'not a deep experience' and all sorts of other constructs to explain away that their favourite product is being outperformed by a competitor that they find threatening.

The game industry is filled to the brim with people like these, and they are more than content join in the circle jerk without ever stopping to contemplate their motivations or how petty their thinking seems if you look at it from outside their echo-chamber.

One of the most amusing things to me in regards to videogames is to go on a fieldtrip with 2nd graders. They will often discuss videogames , and when they do what do they talk about? Call of Duty, Halo, God of War and Grand Theft Auto, etc. The "mature" hardcore share their gaming tastes with 8 year old boys, who think the blood and gore of God of War is extremely awesome.

I think its up to Nintendo to create an environment wher games like the Battlefields and Call of Duties can sell well. Nintendo has failed to do that and they seem to not care. That's how I see the situation. Publisher like money and they don't make much on Nintendo platforms. I think its as simple as that.

I didn't watch the conference,  but based on your description, this doesn't sound like "wanting the demise of Nintendo".  It sounds like they want to see Nintendo IP on other platforms.

I'd love to see Nintendo become a third party publisher.  They've always had great titles.  On the other hand, they haven't produced a console that I really wanted to have since the N64 (I bought and own a Wii, but that's a story for another day..).  Nintendo probably has the best creative minds in the industry when it comes to the actual games, but is the worst console manufacturer (excluding handhelds).

Of the big three console manufacturers, it makes the most sense for Nintendo to go third party.  They have the most famous names in gaming.  Names that will sell on any platform. 

Nintendo would make far more money selling their titles on all other platforms - Playstations, XBox's, iPads, and so on.  This was their plan once upon a time with Sony, but things broke down when squabbles over revenue sharing and executive egos on both sides got in the way.  It's now 20 years later than they planned to do it, but I still think it's the right business move for them.